the anime everyones talking about.... did most people start reading the manga first or the anime first though? it seems the manga was out for some time yet it didn't seem to be a big hit...

I read the manga first - it came out around 2009 I believe. His art early on wasn't the best around. Ok, it was crap, but it got better as he went along. It was popular enough to get an anime adaptation and now arguably it's ten times more in the spotlight now.

the anime everyones talking about.... did most people start reading the manga first or the anime first though? it seems the manga was out for some time yet it didn't seem to be a big hit...

Wrong. It was one of the best sellers and very well known before the anime was announced. Millions of copies sold and it was high on the ranking lists. It's true however it wasn't talked about a lot around here on CR though.

Also during the panel , Ishikawa san who is the CEO of Production IG was there and the moderator Danny Cho lead everyone to a make some noise if everyone wants a second season and Ishikawa san was recording it.

So we can conclude that they are definitely working on the second season
and since this title is so popular that they will try to slow this one down since Isayama sensei is still writting the manga and of course the money ...

Araki sensei the director was not there but a recording was made for him too to thank him.

I yelled Araki san, you are the man !!! I will always remember him first for Death Note.

The entire Petree Hall of 21,557 square feet was full during the panel. I have not seen that room filled up all the way in the back.

Also during the panel , Ishikawa san who is the CEO of Production IG was there and the moderator Danny Cho lead everyone to a make some noise if everyone wants a second season and Ishikawa san was recording it.

So we can conclude that they are definitely working on the second season
and since this title is so popular that they will try to slow this one down since Isayama sensei is still writting the manga and of course the money ...

Araki sensei the director was not there but a recording was made for him too to thank him.

I yelled Araki san, you are the man !!! I will always remember him first for Death Note.

The entire Petree Hall of 21,557 square feet was full during the panel. I have not seen that room filled up all the way in the back.

From how the show is going relating to the manga. I can pretty much say for sure that when this season is over they will be around 15 chapters or so behind the manga. Most likely, they will end around chapter 35ish of where the manga is as of now. At least, that's the way the pace is going.

If they decide they don't want to leave the story hanging for a couple years they might spend a cour here or there on backstory. A prequel light novel series started back in 2011 so I assume there's at least some usable material there. I also could've sworn I read about new light novels being written about Levi and a couple other characters but I can't find that particular news blurb right now so I might be imagining things.

Just finished episode 14. It was all of the things that I wanted from the courtroom episode. No purple tiles, no QUALITY. The new opening is god-tier but barely reaches guren no yumiya. There were also some foreshadowing in the opening and it would be spoiler if I were to say it.

Screencaps from the episode

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Also dat Female titan in the opening

The episode endcard. The titan in the image really looks like Goya

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So hyped for Hanji's SCIENCE next week. This gun be good

If you want to watch the new opening in advance, here it is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxOpp_00t5k

Here is the new ending as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFdzNhJAdco